Palm Sunday From the perspective of anyone without the faith, the life of Christ was one gigantic failure. His obituary might have read something like this:  Of spurious ancestry, born in a dirty stable, practiced a back-breaking, low-paying trade, turned himself into a rabbi…

Passion Sunday In today’s Gospel we hear Our Blessed Lord point out to the Pharisees the main reason they do not understand what He has been trying to tell them. He who is of God hears the words of God; therefore you hear them…

3-5 April 2025 Passiontide is just around the corner, the suffering Christ beckons to us to lift up our eyes to Him and, as much as we can, share in His passion. Our monthly triduum is an excellent opportunity to get ourselves in gear…

Fourth Sunday in Lent – Laetare In the midst of our Lenten austerities, Holy Mother Church invites us to rejoice. Laetare, laetitia, expresses an overflowing joy, one of victory. Indeed, we are on the threshold of the greatest of victories, that of Our Lord…

Third Sunday in Lent Today in Sydney, hundreds if not thousands of people will gather at Parliament House in defence of unborn life. They will give a voice to those who have no voice. They will speak out by their mere presence in favour…

St Benedict 1,478 years ago today, our holy Father St Benedict gave up his pure, humble soul to God. Since then, he has not ceased to gather together disciples around the world in monasteries of both monks and nuns, in every country, clime and…

St Joseph This feast is dear to all of us for many reasons, the first being that St Joseph was the God-given spouse of Mary Immaculate and the Foster-father of God’s only Son in the flesh. Joseph has also been appointed as patron of…

Second Sunday in Lent From the most remote Christian antiquity, the second Sunday of Lent has been dedicated to the Transfiguration of Our Lord, an event that occurred in the weeks before the Passion. Its immediate purpose was to fortify the three apostles, Peter,…

First Sunday in Lent At the onset of Lent, Holy Mother Church takes us out to the desert with Our Blessed Lord. The reasons are obvious. First of all, the idea of Lent originates in Our Lord’s fast of forty days and forty nights….